Pawar Fortifies to Defend his Wheat Policy
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture and Minister Sharad Pawar would be under immense pressure in the forthcoming Parliamentary session over the country's broken-down wheat management policy.<More>

Change Quota-Reservation Policy
The Supreme Court (SC) reversed its own verdict recognizing the complexity involved to provide mandatory allocation of the 10% reservation for the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) in national level Post Graduate (PG) medical colleges.<More>

SC
Stays Vadodara Demolition
The Supreme Court (SC)
accepted a Federal
Government writ and stayed
the Gujarat High Court (GHC)
verdict that sanctioned the
demolition of scores of
Hindu Temples and Muslim
Mosques illegally
constructed on public
land.<More>

Environment,
Health and Education

With and Without Degree Quacks
With failing investments in Health care, lack of awareness of the population, bad sanitary facilities, unhygienic conditions, lack of enforcement, poor educational training, and lack of proper and constant certification are generating conditions for quacks.<More>

Terrorism,
Defense, Security and Science &
Technology

US Says Pak Not Doing Enough on Terrorism
Pakistan reacted angrily to comments of US State Department Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism Henry Crumpton in Kabul that Pakistan was not doing enough to curb terrorism spilling into Afghanistan and Kashmir.<More>

Neighbors

Non-Military Purge in Nepal
In an apparent move to assert himself and the the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) he belongs to, the Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala went on a large-scale purge of political appointees in Embassies, industry, and state organs.<More>

Singapore Stunted Democracy
In the latest election, Singapore's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) came back to power winning 82 of the 84 seats with 37 seats unopposed.<More>

World

US-Russia Oil Moves in C Asia The US is actively promoting oil routes that does not depend on Russia in Central Asia is prompting Russia to make counter-moves that may create a "second Cold War."<More>

The
Bill on National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme seeks to provide
guaranteed employment to one
member of every rural household
for at least 100 days a year for a
minimum wage of Rs.60 per day.
Out of 260 million poor people in
the country, about 200 million
poor people are in rural areas.
People in 45% rural India do not
get work for six months in a year.